The beginning or first cause of something.

• The source from which something arises.

The place where something begins or is produced.

• The provenance of goods, data, or information.

A person's ancestry or parentage.

• Family or ethnic background.

The point where the axes of a coordinate system intersect.

• The zero point of a graph or vector space.

The fixed, proximal attachment of a muscle to a bone.

A chosen zero reference point on Earth's surface in a coordinate system.